Member, United States House of Representatives

From Santa Clarita, CA; born in Los Angeles, CA, September 9, 1938; education: graduated, Verdugo Hills High School, Tujunga, CA; B.S., Brigham Young University; owner, Howard and Phil's Western Wear; mayor and city councilman, Santa Clarita, 1987- 92; member: board of directors, Canyon Country Chamber of Commerce; California Republican State Central Committee; advisory council, Boy Scouts of America; president and trustee, William S. Hart School District, 1979-87; chairman and director, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, 1983-87; chairman and founding director, Valencia National Bank, 1987-92; honorary chairman, Red Cross Community Support Campaign, 1992; honorary chairman, Leukemia Society Celebrity Program, 1990 and 1994; president, Republican Freshman Class of the 103rd Congress; married: to the former Patricia Kunz, 1962; children: Tamara, Howard D., John Matthew, Kimberly, David Owen, and Tricia; committees: Armed Services; Education and the Workforce; subcommittees: Employee-Employer Relations; Military Readiness; Tactical Air and Land; 21st Century Competitiveness; elected on November 3, 1992, to the 103rd Congress; reelected to each succeeding Congress.